OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Leaves” — 64 records examined, 12 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 00:28 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Leaves

Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Leaves

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Ice Cream Spoon

Ice Cream Spoon

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Kettle on Stand from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Kettle on Stand from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Matchsafe with Chrysanthemums and Butterfly

Matchsafe with Chrysanthemums and Butterfly

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Room from a hotel in the Cours d'Albret, Bordeaux, by Barthélemy Cabirol

Room from a hotel in the Cours d'Albret, Bordeaux

Barthélemy Cabirol · ca. 1785, with later additions

Public domainThe Met
Study of Two Chrysanthemums, by Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929

Study of Two Chrysanthemums

Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929 · early 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate with chrysanthemums

Plate with chrysanthemums

Artist not stated in the record · 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Carving

Carving

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jar (Tsubo) with Chrysanthemums

Jar (Tsubo) with Chrysanthemums

Artist not stated in the record · late 13th–early 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 1700–1725

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Potpourri bowl with cover (one of a pair)

Potpourri bowl with cover (one of a pair)

Artist not stated in the record · porcelain late 17th century, mounts ca. 1745–50

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Interior Wall Elevation

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1696–1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Hypocrite and a Slanderer, by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

A Hypocrite and a Slanderer

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt · ca. 1770–83

Public domainThe Met
Panel from priest's robe

Panel from priest's robe

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stacked Food Box (Jūbako) with Taro Plants and Chrysanthemums, by Shibata Zeshin

Stacked Food Box (Jūbako) with Taro Plants and Chrysanthemums

Shibata Zeshin · mid-19th century

Public domainThe Met
Chimney Piece Design, by D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

Chimney Piece Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 · 1647

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Piece

Piece

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1720

Public domainThe Met
Letter box

Letter box

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table

Table

Artist not stated in the record · 19th or first decade of 20th century (with earlier parts)

Public domainThe Met
Chimney Piece Design, by D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

Chimney Piece Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 · 1647

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait, by Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)

Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) · ca. 1635

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Interior Wall Elevation

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1696–1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 1031 matched · 24 examined · 1 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 2936224 matched · 40 examined · 11 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-03 00:28 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.